9 Identify business schools of Interest

Develop criteria such as geography, recruitment, school reputation, tuition,faculty, student body, etc. In this first step you want to start with thelargest number of schools and then apply your criteria and narrow down yourchoices. Although the schools you are currently considering will end up in thenarrowed down list, you may be surprised to uncover some other schools as well.Keep in mind that you don't want to undersell yourself and automatically excludethe top schools. If you're even close to borderline for admission, there arethings you can do to increase your chances. (Read on.) Establish criteria suchas courses offered, companies that recruit at the school, opportunities forinternships, study abroad, etc.